[#401849] If statement — Masoud Ahmadi <lists@...>

Will anyone be able to point out what I am doing wrong.

15 messages 2012/12/02

[#401987] Trying to get "translator" to work — JD KF <lists@...>

So, basically, I'm trying to get the below code to work properly for

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[#402012] Need help to select some listbox item in different listbox together — Jonathan Masato <lists@...>

Hello,

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[#402045] if n belongs to set a and m belongs to set b repeat some steps, How? — "zubair a." <lists@...>

We can do so in java and similar languages like:

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[#402078] Time.new(2001, 12, 3).to_i returns wrong value — Robert Buck <lists@...>

I am doing something that not many do, I am writing a database driver

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[#402145] How I can create/extract a variable/hash into the current binding in Ruby? — Ramon de C Valle <rcvalle@...>

Hi,

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[#402205] Wondering About Flatiron School — "Kevin Y." <lists@...>

Hi everyone!,

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[#402207] Re: Wondering About Flatiron School — Chad Perrin <code@...> 2012/12/15

On Sat, Dec 15, 2012 at 11:51:08AM +0900, Kevin Y. wrote:

[#402214] Ruby quick reference arranged in ASCII sequence? — Old Grantonian <lists@...>

As a ruby beginner, I would be grateful for any links to a ruby

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[#402226] print - and strip text between tags using Nokogiri — Paul Mena <lists@...>

I'm a Ruby Newbie trying to write a program to process thousands of HTML

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[#402332] Perl to Ruby: regex captures to assignment. — "Derrick B." <lists@...>

Hello all,

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[#402342] Re: Perl to Ruby: regex captures to assignment. — "Derrick B." <lists@...> 2012/12/20

First of all, thanks for the fast responses!

[#402352] Re: Perl to Ruby: regex captures to assignment. — Robert Klemme <shortcutter@...> 2012/12/20

On Thu, Dec 20, 2012 at 1:38 AM, Derrick B. <lists@ruby-forum.com> wrote:

[#402357] Re: Perl to Ruby: regex captures to assignment. — "Derrick B." <lists@...> 2012/12/20

Robert Klemme wrote in post #1089733:

[#402359] trying to strip characters from a line — Paul Mena <lists@...>

I'm reading a table from a MySQL database and then processing it row by

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[#402394] simple division: -9 / 5 = -2 what? — "Derrick B." <lists@...>

$ irb

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[#402412] POLS and string-handling — Paul Magnussen <lists@...>

Hi,

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[#402460] "Open" dialog of Windows — "Damián M. González" <lists@...>

Hi guys, been researching about pop up the "open" file dialog of

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[#402466] How do I install Ruby on my Ubuntu 12.10 partition. — Kaye Ng <lists@...>

I already have Ruby installed on my Windows 7 partition.

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[#402510] Ruby Association Certified Ruby Programmer — Sean Westfall <lists@...>

How well respected is this certification in the industry: Ruby

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[#402528] Re: Ruby Association Certified Ruby Programmer — Peter Hickman <peterhickman386@...> 2012/12/27

On 27 December 2012 01:28, Sean Westfall <lists@ruby-forum.com> wrote:

[#402519] using shebang with rvm? — Wesley Rishel <lists@...>

What would be the appropriate path to use after a shebang in the first

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[#402555] numeric? — Brandon Weaver <keystonelemur@...>

I've found a bit of an annoyance trying to find out if a number is numeric

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[#402580] Ruby Koans regarding Hashes. — "Derrick B." <lists@...>

I am trying to understand this, so let me know how I do. :) I know

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[#402609] can't open new ruby program under "new" context menu — "Lee V." <lists@...>

I'm stuck on the new version at trying to do something very simple.

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[#402618] Re: can't open new ruby program under "new" context menu — "Lee V." <lists@...> 2012/12/28

I just uninstalled what I had and reinstalled using the steps given in

[#402645] Re: can't open new ruby program under "new" context menu — "Derrick B." <lists@...> 2012/12/29

Lee V. wrote in post #1090514:

[#402653] Re: can't open new ruby program under "new" context menu — Lee Veinot <lee_veinot@...> 2012/12/30

Well, I'm up to page 43 in Chris Pine's book and having a lot of fun, but I still can't figure out two basic things.  One is what I've already asked you about.  I'm just going to paste what his book says so you can see what I'm having trouble with:

[#402642] require "test/unit" — "Mattias A." <lists@...>

Hi,

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[#402667] Re: require "test/unit" — "Mattias A." <lists@...> 2012/12/31

Hi Dami叩n M. Gonz叩lez!

[#402747] Re: require "test/unit" — "Derrick B." <lists@...> 2013/01/04

Mattias A. wrote in post #1090700:

[#402749] Re: require "test/unit" — sto.mar@... 2013/01/04

Am 04.01.2013 19:48, schrieb Derrick B.:

Re: Wondering About Flatiron School

From: Chad Perrin <code@...>
Date: 2012-12-18 04:16:38 UTC
List: ruby-talk #402287
On Mon, Dec 17, 2012 at 07:35:48AM +0900, Kevin Y. wrote:
> Chad Perrin wrote in post #1089291:
> >
> > Keep in mind, though, that many employers simply will not hire anyone
> > without a college degree.  A lot of those say they'll hire without a
> > degree if you have "equivalent" experience, but mostly (even if they
> > believe it) they don't really mean it deep down inside.  Exceptions
> > tend to be made for people who are "rock stars" (e.g. someone hiring
> > for Ruby on Rails might not turn down DHH even if he didn't have a
> > degree), but most of us aren't famous that way.
> 
> Is that really true that employers will not hire a candidate without
> programming related degree? I know at least two people who went to fine
> art programs and one is doing very well as an iOS app developer and the
> other something else I do not know at this moment. Also I attended few
> SkillShare courses that are taught by professional programmers who were
> self-taught and they definitely did not think that college degrees are
> necessary as long as your work reflects certain level of skill. There
> wasn't any conflict of interests as those classes were free.

Note three things:

1. I did not say a "programming related" degree.  I just said a "college"
degree.  My significant other has been working in software fields for
years on the strength of psychology and biology degrees (not in psych or
bio related software, mind you) in addition to her skills and experience
working her way up from entry level.  Regardless of her experience,
excellent recommendations, and kills, she almost certainly would not have
her current job if not for at least one of those degrees or some other
(at least four-year) degree to replace them.

2. Without a degree, "equivalent" experience may apply, as I mentioned.
This is largely only available to "rockstars" or (as I should have
mentioned, but unfortunately did not) people who are grandfathered in by
virtue of having more years of professional work in the field than many
college graduates have been alive.

3. My DHH example was intentionally extreme.  Lesser "rockstars" exist,
like people who've made iOS apps on their own time that have been bought
by enough users that it raises a hiring manager's eyebrows.  Mere skill
is not enough in the general job market.

There are exceptions to every generalization, including mine, but they
are called exceptions precisely because they are exceptional in some way.

-- 
Chad Perrin [ original content licensed OWL: http://owl.apotheon.org ]

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